Office Install Problem

When I click on word or excel Office tries to install something. It goes thru part of the install and than gives a messages that says "Installation Error: File not found. A required installation file w2561405.cab could not be found." I have a browse button and when i point it to my office CD is still doesn't work. I downloaded the file and placed it on the hard drive. Still no luck. I can not un-install, re-install or even open any office applications.

Please help.

This is for Office 2003. I can install more service paks but it still doesn't help opening the apps.

Hi shermeta,
I suspect that Office may have originally been installed from the network--and the installer is still looking in that same location for your .cab file. If the install point has been moved (or remapped), then you will have trouble until you use the Locl Installation Source tool that Microsoft makes available.

If you have trouble installing updates, make sure you are logged in as an administrator of your computer. You may also want to review the discussion here (applies to Office 2003 where you moved the installation source, or deleted the MSI file): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903776/en-us This article gives a link for LisTool.exe, a program that allows you to disable or update the Local Installation Source -- thereby allowing the updates to proceed properly.

You will also find that the full-file version of the Office updates provides a greater chance of success (including many times when the normal updater fails). It also avoids the need to insert the Office CD-ROM. The drawback, however, is a much larger download size.

The install was orginally done from the CD drive. I am real sure of this because it wasn't that long ago and I don't have a network in place. I can install updates, I just can't open the program because it is trying to install something. I would even be willing to manually uninstall office i'm just not sure how because i'm sure the regestry is full of office entries. I have even tried a system restore but still fails to open the program. Again. The orginal install was done from the CD and it does give me the ability to browse to where ever i want for tha cab file but even when i point it to a location the file is in, it fails as if it can't find the file at all.

Highfive is so simple that setting up every meeting room takes just minutes and every employee will be able to start or join a call from any room with ease. Never be called into a meeting just to get it started again. This is how video conferencing should work!

Thanks for your help. I have the problem figured out I think. Bad hard drive. :( ChkDsk can not complete because of problems with the hard drive. I guess that's the problem. Well thanks for your help anyway.

Recently Microsoft released a brand new function called CONCAT. It's supposed to replace its predecessor CONCATENATE. But how does it work? And what's new? In this article, we take a closer look at all of this - we even included an exercise file for…

The viewer will learn how to use the =DISCRINV command to create a discrete random variable, use this command to model a set of probabilities and outcomes in a Monte Carlo simulation, and learn how to find the standard deviation of a set of probabil…